ONLINE 2025 Spring Retreat: Awakening to Wellness — A Journey of Movement, Breath, Meditation & Nature
with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Tawni Tidwell, TMD, Ph.D., Dr. Danny Lewin, Ph.D. and Dr. Wenli Liu M.D.
April 9 - 13, 2025
Online
- $240.00 – Benefactor - Registration Fee
- $190.00 – Registration Fee
- $125.00 – Scholarship - Registration Fee
In spring the world is born anew. By connecting to the rhythms and patterns of nature, we step into our own well-being. Join us for our Spring Wellness Retreat (April 09-13), “Transforming Life and Health Through Nature, Movement, Breath and Meditation”, an invitation to bring awareness into the patterns of our daily life for reflection, renewal and transformation.
Over these rejuvenating four days, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and special guests Tawni Tidwell, Dr. Danny Lewin and Nick Polizzi will share ancient methods alongside modern research and scientific findings focused on spiritual, mental and physical well-being. This retreat is designed to help you uncover your inner source of well-being and transcend self-imposed limits, empowering you to engage with life in creative, inspired, and joyful ways. We will explore techniques to release stress, decrease anxiety, rebalance energy, deepen inner peace, and reconnect to ourselves and the world. Be empowered to make healthier choices that bolster your wellness on every level!
The retreat, held at Serenity Ridge and online via Zoom*, is highly interactive and participatory. With meditative techniques to enhance our wellbeing and self-awareness, restoring, energizing and healing our whole being through nature, and exploring ways to use sleep, food and self-care to enhance our quality of life and our overall health, this event is intended for everyone, whether you have experience in meditation and wellness or are just beginning your journey!
Tentative Schedule (New York Time)-changes and updates to the schedule will be announced
Wednesday, April 9
7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Welcome and Opening Teaching
Thursday-Saturday April 10-12
6:30 a.m.–7:30 a.m. Morning Practice TBD
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Teaching/Practice
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Retrieving the Elemental Essences from Nature TBD
2:00 p.m.–3:45 p.m. Walking/Forest Bathing/Sky Gazing TBD
4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Presentation
Sunday, April 13
6:30 a.m.–7:30 a.m. Morning Practice TBD
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Final Teaching/Practice w/Rinpoche
11:00 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Panel/Q&A/Sharing
About the Teachers
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, founder and spiritual director of Ligmincha International, is one of only a few masters of the Bön Dzogchen tradition presently living in the West. An accomplished scholar in the Bön Buddhist textual traditions of philosophy, exegesis, and debate, Tenzin Rinpoche completed a rigorous11-year course of traditional studies at the Bönpo Monastic […]
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Tawni Tidwell, TMD, Ph.D.
Dr. Tawni Tidwell is a distinguished contributor to the intersection of medicine and Tibetan Buddhist practices. As the first Westerner to be certified as a Tibetan doctor alongside a PhD in anthropology, Dr. Tidwell skillfully bridges traditional Tibetan and contemporary medical worlds. She is deeply committed to holistic health, dedicating her career to the synthesis […]
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Dr. Danny Lewin, Ph.D.
Dr. Daniel Lewin is a licensed psychologist, a sleep and circadian researcher and a board certified sleep clinician. His career focus has been improving public awareness of sleep and circadian health and sleep disorders outcomes. Recently, he has focused on integrating his expertise in sleep medicine with yoga, mindfulness and psychedelic assisted psychotherapy to develop […]
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Dr. Wenli Liu M.D.
Dr. Liu received her medical degree from Hunan Medical University in Changsha, China. After completing her residency training in Internal Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), She joined on as faculty at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and had a successful 22-year career at […]
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